Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949

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Foster, Addison Gardner

Foster, Addison Gardner, a Senator from Washington; born in Belchertown, Hampshire County, Mass., January 28, 1837; moved to Oswego, Kendall County, Ill., and attended the common schools; moved to Wabasha County, Minn., and engaged in the grain and real-estate business; auditor and surveyor of Wabasha County; moved to St. Paul, Minn., in 1878 and engaged in the lumber business; moved to Tacoma, Wash., in 1888 and continued in the lumber business; also engaged in coal-mine operations and railroad construction; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1899, to March 3, 1905; was not a candidate for reelection; resumed the lumber business at Tacoma, Wash.; retired from active business pursuits in 1914, and resided in Tacoma until his death January 16, 1917; interment in Tacoma Cemetery.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Foster, Addison Gardner," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1175 Original Sources, accessed April 25, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KRADRMR1RZ4UPBY.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "Foster, Addison Gardner." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1175, Original Sources. 25 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KRADRMR1RZ4UPBY.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Foster, Addison Gardner' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1175. Original Sources, retrieved 25 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KRADRMR1RZ4UPBY.